2015
MixTrips: What It Is
I’ve been at Mix since 1988, and I’ve seen a lot in this world of professional audio.
2015
MixTrips: Finding a Groove on the Road
I’ve said it before in these pages: I’ve always wanted to go out on summer tour.
2015
This One’s for My Buddy Dwight
You don’t know Dwight. There’s really no reason you should. He’s not a recording engineer or live sound professional. He doesn’t make audio products......
2015
What Is a Recording Studio?
Back in 1989 when I walked into John Mellencamp’s Belmont Mall Studios off Highway 46 east of Bloomington, Ind., I had no idea that...
2015
Everybody Loves a Good Story
I’m of mostly Irish descent, and I come from a large family. My undergrad degree is in history and my master’s is in journalism....
2015
Where Legacy Becomes Future
When we last featured Capitol Studios on the Mix cover, in November 2012, we invited a whole gang of L.A.’s finest engineers and producers...
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Coming in May: Helios Consoles!
At the January NAMM show, Nashville raconteur and man about town, Pepper Denny of Pepper’s Pro Shop, pulled us aside and said, “I just...
2015
Never Settle for Good Enough
Toto could have easily phoned this one in and nobody would have blamed them, or even criticized them.
2015
Mix Regional Florida: Trevor Fletcher, Hit Factory Criteria
It’s always good, when talking about south Florida, to check in with Hit Factory Criteria VP and general manager Trevor Fletcher. After 30 years,...
2015
The Industry and the Engineer
There is a long tradition of artist-industry collaboration in professional audio, and it comes in many, many forms
2014
The Exodus in Atmos
It’s a Ridley Scott epic, a biblical story with swords and battles and locusts and seas parting. And it’s an open palette for sound,...
2014
It’s All About the Experience
You can’t talk about recording studios without talking about their “vibe.”
Facilities
On the Cover: EastWest Studios, Hollywood
When Doug Rogers purchased one of the world’s most storied recording facilities back in 2006, right in the heart of Hollywood, there was no...
Facilities
William Holden Theatre: Sony Pictures Post Production, Culver City, Calif.
The emergence of Immersive Sound formats in the past few years represents an enormous leap in motion picture playback, one not seen since the...
Facilities
CRAS Rolls Out Broadcast Audio Curriculum
Over the past 10 years, with the decline in the number and staffs of commercial studios nationwide, recording schools have added to their curricula...
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Chris Pelonis: Music, Design, and a Life of Truth and Passion
There are people who know Chris Pelonis the Musician, and he is a monster guitar player. Others know him as Chris the Engineer/Producer or...
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Minnetonka Now Dolby-Certified for Adobe
Minnetonka, MN — Minnetonka Audio Software has received certification from Dolby Laboratories for its SurCode for Dolby Digital plug-in integrated into every Macintosh copy...
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Calrec Purchased by D&M Holdings
Tokyo, Japan — D&M Holdings Inc. (TSE 1:6735) announced today the completion of the acquisition of Calrec Audio Limited of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire,...
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Aviom Releases Pro64 Update Tool
WEST CHESTER, PA– Aviom, exclusive developer of the world‘s premier audio transport technology, A-Net®, is announcing the release of its Pro64 Update Tool. Supporting...
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MG Sound Vienna Chooses Avastor
Vienna, Austria – Martin Bohm, chief engineer and co-owner of MG Sound Studios, has chosen Avastor hard drives for his location recording of Vienna‘s...
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Anton Fig Drums With Ultrasone
NEW YORK: Anton Fig, one of modern music‘s most-heard drummers, has just changed how he hears his drums in the studio. The influential rhythm...
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DigiTech DigiTruck Hits the Road
NAMM SUMMER SESSION, AUSTIN, TX — DigiTech®, a leading manufacturer of guitar and bass multi-effects processors, and a Harman International (NYSE-HAR) company, announces that...
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ASCAP Tops 300,000 Members
NEW YORK, NY — From Irving Berlin to Beyonce, George Gershwin to Green Day, Henry Mancini to Joan Sebastian, Duke Ellington to Hans Zimmer,...
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Linkin Park Enlists Apogee on ‘Secret’ Mix
Los Angeles, CA-While in the throes of mixing songs from Linkin Park‘s Earth Day performance in Japan tracked just a week earlier, Le Mobile‘s...
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SOUND WITHOUT BORDERS
With all the talk about bit rates and sampling frequencies, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that sound is first and foremost...
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ONE FOR THE CHILDREN
When we first checked in with director Robert Rodriguez, it was 1993, and young fellow Austinite Eric Guthrie was putting together a synth score...
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Big Music for the Biggest Screen
The ultimate in music-driven movies: ALL ACCESS: Front Row. Backstage. LIVE! in IMAX.
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DINOSAUR BY DISNEY Chris Boyes Taps Animal Kingdom For Vocal Signatures
Chris Boyes knows dinosaurs. He knows how they walk, how they look without digital skin, how they bellow in fear or anger or joy....
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A SCENE MADE FOR SOUND
A viewing tip: Watch for the scene where Colonel Tavington, on a search-and-destroy mission with a small cadre of British troops, enters the home...
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BIG MOVIE,TIGHT SCHEDULE
Clarity and detail are often sacrificed when a post-production schedule gets as tight as it was on The Patriot. In the middle of May,...
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The patriot
The Sony Pictures Entertainment lot was abuzz at the end of May with the controlled rush to bring Mel Gibson and the drama of...
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ROY SEGAL RETIRES: HEAD OF FANTASY STUDIOS, SAUL ZAENTZ FILM CENTER
On February 8, after more than a half-century in professional audio, Roy Segal quietly stepped down as the head of Fantasy Studios and the...
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PRACTICAL ART OF MOTION PICTuRE SOuND
Film sound is not quite a Black Art, but it can feel that way sometimes when you read the magazines or are introduced to...
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SOUND FX FOR “SLEEPY HOLLOW”: HEADS WILL ROLL, HORSES WILL RUN
A Tim Burton movie would seem on the surface to be a sound editor's playpen-stylized imagery, dark characters, evocative settings. Whether it's the scissor
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Oh, Behave!: Shagadelic Sound for the Austin Powers Sequel
Comedy, to quote Woody Allen, is timing and delivery-a pregnant pause that lends anticipation, an infectious giggle to lighten the double entendre or
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FACILITY SPOTLIGHT: CONVERTING THE CATALOG: CHACE PRODUCTIONS TURNS MONO TRACKS INTO SURROUND
Find a need and fill it. It's a ready-made success formula for just about any business, and it's worked especially well for Chace Productions...
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The Delicacy of War
Something special occurred in Hollywood during the last half of 1998—Terrence Malick, the reclusive director of Badlands and Days of Heaven, had returned to...